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poem

/ˈpəʊ.ɪm/ UK
[ˈpʰəwɪm] UK
/ˈpəʊ.əm/ UK
/ˈpɔːɪm/ UK, uncommon
/ˈpoʊ.əm/ US
/ˈpəʊ.ɪm/ US
/poʊm/ US
[ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)əm] US
[ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)m̩] US
[ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)m] US
/ˈpoː.ɪm/ Canada
/poː(ə)m/ Canada
/ˈpoː.ɛm/ Canada
/ˈpɔʊ(ə)m/ Australia
/poː.jem/ India
/ˈpo.jəm/ Malaysia, Scotland
/pɔɪm/

Rhymes with -əʊɪm, -əʊəm, -əʊɛm, -əʊm, -ɔːɪm, -ɔɪm

Where it comes from

From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”). Widely displaced English leed.

noun poems · poëm · poeme

A literary piece written in verse. Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
Similar: song
A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: verse form, verse, limerick, rhyme, sonnet, poet, poetry, hear, tune, song, piece, blowout, shih, shi, lyric, ode

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noun literary piece written in verse

Español	poema, poesía, oda
한국어	시 si, 시가 siga
日本語	詩 shi, 詩歌 shiika
中文	詩 /诗 shī, 詩篇 /诗篇 shīpiān, 詩歌 /诗歌 shīgē
हिन्दी	कविता kavitā, पद्य padya, काव्य kāvya
Kiswahili	shairi
Português	poema, poesia
Français	poème
Deutsch	Gedicht, Poem
Italiano	poema, poesia
Ελληνικά	ποίημα poíima
Română	poem
Русский	стихи́ ru, стихотворе́ние stixotvorénije, стих stix, поэ́ма poéma
Tiếng Việt	bài thơ, thơ
العربية	قَصِيدَة qaṣīda, شِعْر šiʕr, نَظْم naẓm
עברית	שִׁיר shir

noun piece of writing in the tradition of poetry

Español	poema
한국어	시 si
日本語	詩 shi
中文	詩篇 /诗篇 shīpiān
हिन्दी	कविता kavitā
Kiswahili	shairi
Português	poema, poesia
Français	poème
Deutsch	Dichtung
Italiano	poema, poesia
Ελληνικά	ποίημα poíima
Русский	стихи́ ru, стихотворе́ние stixotvorénije, стих stix, поэ́ма poéma
Tiếng Việt	bài thơ

noun piece of poetic writing

Español	poema
日本語	詩的表現 shiteki hyōgen
हिन्दी	कविता kavitā
Kiswahili	ushairi
Português	poema, poesia
Français	poème
Deutsch	Gedicht
Italiano	poema, poesia
Ελληνικά	ποίημα poíima, ποίηση poíisi
Русский	стихи́ ru, стихотворе́ние stixotvorénije, стих stix, поэ́ма poéma
Tiếng Việt	bài thơ

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@misc{poem_2026,
  title = {poem},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poem},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}